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Hindu-Muslim tensions flare in central England

On the streets of Leicester, England, groups of young people, mainly Hindus and Muslims, have been facing off. Since August 28, videos have shown groups of masked youths heading into the streets amid rising tensions. Although community leaders have called for calm, many people, including our Observer, fear the violence…

France 24

Home Secretary vows to tackle ‘disorder and thuggery’ after Leicester meetings

Suella Braverman insisted she was focused on how to ‘restore safety and harmony’ to the city after 47 arrests at the weekend.

The Independent UK

Prevent further attacks in Leicester and Birmingham: India to U.K.

The High Commission of India in the UK had earlier urged the British authorities to provide protection to the affected population

The Hindu

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Leicester mayor announces independent inquiry into city violence

Review to look at whether extremist and outside groups encouraged Hindu and Muslim clashes

The Guardian - UK

Leicester riots a warning that violence in UK can be sparked by global events, experts say

Calls for new measures to prevent sectarian troubles in other countries seeping into neighbourhoods here

The Independent UK

Talk by Hindu leader in Nottingham cancelled amid protests in UK

There were clashes in Leicester and Birmingham

Nottingham Post

The Leicester riots show us how useless the BAME label now is

Successful multicultural societies are difficult to get right. When people from different communities have mixed together, they have often fought over religious or ethnic differences. Tribal loyalties usually trump any attachment to a universal humanity. Contemporary Britain is far from perfect, but it’s one of the most successful liberal and…

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Green light for three more units at Pioneer science and technology park in Leicester

New buildings will 'enhance the facilities available to the research and development sector'

Birmingham Post

Leicester residents ‘scared to go out’ due to Hindu-Muslim clashes as tensions spread to Birmingham

Community leaders fear religious tensions could spread nationwide after huge crowd of masked men filmed outside Hindu temple

The Independent UK

Trinamool’s Saket Gokhale sends Times Now legal notice for making ‘false and malicious statements’

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale has sent a legal notice to Times Now accusing its editor, Rahul Shivshankar, of attributing “utterly false and malicious statements” to him on a show about the Hindu-Muslim tension in Leicester, UK.

Newslaundry

Wednesday briefing: What’s behind the violent clashes in Leicester

In today’s newsletter: Arrests and disinformation stoke fears among people in one of the UK’s most diverse cities that unrest might spread

The Guardian - UK

Leicester: Call for calm after Hindu-Muslim unrest in UK city

Hindu and Muslim community leaders in the UK city call for an immediate end to ‘provocation’ after weeks of violence.

Al Jazeera

Leicester riots: Religious leaders call for end to violence between Hindus and Muslims

A recent T20 cricket match is believed to have reignited historic tensions that fuelled violence between sections of the city’s Muslim and Hindu communities over the weekend

Daily Mirror

What happened in Leicester, and did Indian media play a role?

As British media coverage remained clouded by an unprecedented boost in sales and record-breaking broadcasts brought forth by a royal funeral, clashes between cricket fans gradually brewed into communal violence and an international story in Leicester.

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Hotel hits back after guest slams view, bad food and beds like 'planks' for £370-a-night

Writing on TripAdvisor, Julia from Leicester, said she got "a shock" when she walked into her room at the plush Scotsman Hotel in Edinburgh, before listing a whole catalogue of complaints

The Independent UK

Leicester mayor says city’s religious communities ‘baffled’ by violent clashes

‘There are people with other battles to fight who are coming to Leicester to fight them’

The Guardian - UK

Leicester violence could spread beyond city, warns local MP Claudia Webbe

Leicester East MP says ministers must clamp down on ‘extremist rightwing ideology’

The Independent UK

How and why religious tension flared up in Leicester

Inflammatory slogans and violence rung in a fortnight of ‘disorder’ between two communities after an ordinary cricket match between India and Pakistan

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The Independent UK

Leicester tensions have been simmering for ‘months’ says city MP

Police have arrested 47 people in connection with incidents in the city at the weekend.

The Independent UK

Police diverted from Queen’s funeral as religious violence ignites in Leicester

Extra officers were deployed from the West Midlands, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Manchester Evening News

Hotel boss hits back after guest complains about view from £370-a-night room

A city centre hotel boss has hit back after a TripAdvisor reviewer complained of an 'awful experience' due to the bed being 'too hard' and her view was a 'joke'. The review came from a Julia from Leicester at the four star Scotsman hotel in central

The Independent UK

India condemns religious violence in Leicester after 15 arrested

Police and faith leaders also urge calm following clashes between Hindus and Muslims

Birmingham Post

Clowes Developments starts work on Leicestershire business park

The site, close to the A6, will cover 11 acres

Wales Online

Police diverted from Queen's funeral as disorder breaks out after cricket match

Horses from the Thames Valley were among units sent to Leicester

The Guardian - UK

Half of those arrested over clashes in Leicester from outside county

Exclusive: Concerns outsiders have stirred up trouble between Hindu and Muslim groups heightened after discovery people travelled into the city

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